The Shenandoah Valley School District is a diminutive, rural

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district in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the heart of Pennsylvania's Coal Region and is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the popula ...

. It serves the municipalities of Shenandoah, and West Mahanoy Township. The district encompasses approximately in two noncontiguous areas. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 11,790. By 2010, the district's population declined to 7,940 people. The educational attainment levels for the Shenandoah Valley School District population (25 years old and over) were 79.4% high school graduates and 10.3% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 65.7% of the Shenandoah Valley School District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013 the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 17 students in the Shenandoah Valley School District were homeless. In 2009, Shenandoah Valley School District residents'

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was $13,948, while the

median family income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two equal groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of ...

was $32,598. In Schuylkill County, the median household income was $45,012. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700. Shenandoah Valley School District operates just two schools: Shenandoah Valley Elementary School and one combined junior-senior high school

Shenandoah Valley Junior Senior High School Shenandoah Valley Junior Senior High School is a small suburban, public junior senior high school located at 805 West Centre Street in Shenandoah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) i ...

. High school students may choose to attend Schuylkill Technology Centers for training in the construction and mechanical trades as well as other careers. The district also offers SV Virtual Academy for pupils who desire to attend school online. The Schuylkill Intermediate Unit IU29 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurricular activities

Shenandoah Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program.

Athletics

The district's athletic teams include: ;Boys: *

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- AA *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

- AA * Cross country - A *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

- A *

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

- AA ;Girls: *Basketball - AA *Cross country - A *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

- AA *Track and field - AA *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

- A ;Junior high school sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Cross country *Track and field ;Girls: *Basketball *Cross country *Track and field According to PIAA directory July 2016.Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association, PIAA School Directory, 2016 The Shenandoah Valley girls' basketball team won the District XI championship during the 2014–2015 school year.

References

{{Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania School Districts School districts in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania